Tax Day 2014

I used www.fileyourtaxes.com for the first
time this year, and was very pleased.

Accountants have been working
'round the clock since January first
to ferret out the holes in laws
and figure up the cursed sums
owed to the government
for all the services performed
(oft times which payers never see)
or (happily) what refunds will be sent.
Getting money back is wonderful,
"found money" unanticipated, feeling
not like overpayment but a luxury.
I got our taxes done a month ago
after which the IRS quite promptly
answered with enrichment to our bank account
(I opted for direct deposit). But I tell you
with chagrin  the fate of most of all that extra?
A goodly portion is already spent.


(c) Ellen Gillette, 2014